The Fox Island Sand Spit

The Fox Island Sand Spit is located on the western tip of Fox Island, at 55
Bella Bella Dr.
The spit offers public access to the Fox Island
waterfront, and features picnic areas, beach
walks, bird watching and walk-in
kayak launch. The property is owned by PenMet Parks.

Eagle Scouts make improvements to Sandspit

October, 2014
This summer has been a busy one for Fox Island's Troop 27 Boy
Scouts!

Cameron
Allen helped renovate the Fox Island Sandspit's old Demolay
building, by removing an unsafe chimney and repairing the wall where
it once stood.

The salvaged bricks were used by Nathan David's Eagle project,
where he replaced a set of rotting stairs leading down to the beach,
near the sandspit.

Sravan Konda
built raised walkways for the
Fox Island Nature
Center, Spencer Godfrey built two beautiful new cedar picnic tables for the sandspit's
picnic area.

Troop 27 Scouts Help Clean Up Fox Island Sand Spit

On Saturday, June 11, 2011 Boy Scouts from Fox Island's
Troop 27 organized a work party to help PenMet Parks clean up the Fox Island
Sand Spit, which was recently acquired from the Tacoma Demolay organization.
With state funding approved recently during the 2011 legislative session,
the plans to improve the property for public use can proceed.

Work on
the property Saturday included demolishing an old swimming float, removing invasive
plant species and installing no trespassing signs at the boundaries of the
property.

Ivy removal from the old growth cedar trees.

Scouts Cameron and Colin install a new no trespassing
sign at the southern boundary of the sand spit property.

Senator Kilmer Helps Provide State Funding for
Sand Spit Improvements

On Thursday, June 23, 2011 former
Washington state Senator
Derek Kilmer confirmed the state funding for
improvements to the sand spit were included in this
year's budget:

"As chairman of the capital
budget, I was pleased to include $1,267,875 in the
final budget. It's an important project, and I was
happy to advocate for it. Please let me know
if I can ever lend a hand."